New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-16
CALIFORNIA TOPICS.
p,rNNING DOWN THE JURY BRiBERs-THE
STANDARDIZATION COMPLICATION.
TRIBUNAL

RI'NNING DOWN 'OhA
STANDARDIZATION COMPLICATION.
IBr rxLEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNkl
GAN FRANCISCO Oct. 15.-War against political
.orrupt,on, jury brbng and boss rule. having been
h.cun by fearless Grand Jury IS being carried on
9TH great energy. Safety Committee. composed
f oxer a hundred prominent citizens. has Deeh
formed and though its membership ana motives
are kept secret, 1t is understood to DO heauoo w
William T. Coleman aud the plan is 10 ha'o oaoh
member pay So month toward the association
ork LAWYERS and detectives will be employed to
.o-operate with the Grand Jury, apd' when 'ua'
hodv has adjourned, to watch the municipal OIL
cora The object in keeping the names OF inc he"-
hrs Of the organization secret is staten 10 Do that
,h;s will cause ev. aoers TO be less ready 10 depart
,"'S ON. ratb of rectitude and will also free men,
49,. of the committee from the embarrassment
.r;.;,o from acquaintance with men in high places
o,sea ~ crime The Bar Association has also
800 "a the front and appointed committee TO
aar 80 the Grand Jury the services of the associa
.;on in conducting the prosecution. during inc
~, satisfactory progress has been made In court
Emorson one of the jury bribers has pieaded
chilly and the trial of Millionaire Robert /. MOT
.,so occrsed of Jury bribing. has been begun.
Tho hail Of James McCord Morrows associates mas
hoer raised to $4,000 Meantime chris
prck,sv the Democratic boss, IS whist'ihg 10 keep
nm b,s courage, and threatening 10 make IL warm
Cor men who are exposing his record as 'ne associ-
ate of criminals. II is even h'nteu 'na'' II ori'en
% the wall he might throw flood OF light on the
~ IN which senator Hearst secured his cleo
tom However this may be. it is matter of com
or, that the paper owned by the Senator has sud
denIv modified its tone of aggressiveness toward
the boss while still insisting on the punishment
Of the Others implicated in the unsavory municipal
scandals The popular belief is that Buckleys
power is broken. and that the present crusade Will
result in driving him from the city, Ex-State
Senator Creighton, who escaped after beng con-
yicted of embracsry, succeeded in reaching Mexico
in safety Thus all fear of his turning States evl
dence has been removed.
Some surprise was caused by Mrs. Raston's suit
for an accounting from the trustees OF the Sharon
estate for 1t was known that the matter had once
been compromised. 1t seems, however that the
present proceedings result from new facts which
have come to light during the trial OF the case OF
Burling agt Sharon. 1t is now alleged that after
Rolstons death Sharon induced the Bank of Cali
fornia to set up a claim of $4,000. 600 against
Ralston's estatate. and he settled that by paying
81. 500, 900 of Raston's money, which came 10 him.
The bass of the suit IS that Sharons accounts
wherein he alleged and attempted to show that he
lost So 500 900 in the Transaction. are false and
that the account made up by the Bank OF Cantor
MIA is also fraudulent. 1t is also asserted that
Sharon denied that Raston and he were IN partner
sb,p in his answer TO the widows suit, made under
oath q, the time of his settlement with her. but
said that they had been engaged IN what were
termed Joint ventures. all of which had been closed
prior to the time of Ralston's death. But since
Sharon's death it is said to have been discovered
that there were books kept under the hrm name
of William Sharon 4 Co.. the partners beng VIII
lam Sharon and William c. Raston, containing
transactions of over $l5.000,0O0. Instead OF the
accounts sho ~ ING balance against Ralston the
firm owed him 81, 100000.
Two real estate associations backed with abun-
tant capital have been organized, one having ior
It's object the reclamation of 800 blocks of marsh
land the southern part of the city. and the other
Proposing to drain and otherwise improve 100
blocks near the Union Iron Works. he latter
company has actually purchased forty blocks from
Flood and Mackay and proposes TO begin grading
at once. The proposed operations. II successfully
carried out will afford sites TOR homes tor thou
sands Of men employed IN the manutacturIre estaO.
llshments centred about the southern portion Oh
the water front
The result of the investigation into the charge
made BY Judge Terry, that an attempt was made
by one of harons counsel to bride Judge SULLIVAN
durlug the famous Sharon-Hill divorce suit, has
paced the SLAYER of Brolerick In an unenvlab'c
light He was forced to admit to the Grand Jury
tia, though he h d brought serious charges in his
br ef TO The Supreme Court, he had no foundation
beyond street III Dors
The value Of the merchandise imported at this
port during September shows decrease OF over
as Win e cso oi ~, for
principally by lighter imports from IL iwai ireIanu
and Eng'and, the amO' ,nt nDortcd from the htst
country b-ing over $fO00,O0O less than during
the previous month he imports from tngiana
were over 81 100000 less than during August.
singular fact SHOWN BY the returns Is mat tne
vaue of mere 'iandlSc received IRON Japan Is more
than twice that of The mpor's from emma aud
eqaa to one ard of the total valuation Of the
goods en- erng TINS polt
Asshow,re cxt-aordna. demand for building
ma e,ials in li cifv and state present, 1t may
be mentioned that on one day this week no less
than 1000 900 feet Of lumber were received at
tals port.
The arrival of the steamer Guatemala the
first of a new line o run between San Francisco
and Central American p lrts is "a circumstance Oh
G. nsiderabie commercial Importance tor vigorous
compe liion wI'i ihe Pacific Mail Is promised.
The report of he Nevada Bank officials shows
gain in assets of over 81 0ooooO since nente,nner
s. il Is rC,nOed that eXNlce- Pc sident Brandch ls
about 10 90 East in search of fresh feds and past
urc> new.
Presiden. Aaron Cove, of the National Teachers
Associat on. has been IN the city during me week.
He has been en- er lined al dinner anu otpeI 'Se
by he incai educators
reports hat the WELD Of wine in the Sonoma Valley
TINS season WI! not reach one hail what 1t was
La wear, "a q the Napa ohiPut III NC oa ,''.''
1000 600 ralonS One hundred thousand gallons
oil brandy will be produced at st. heena ana
Gcy, ervIiie. The must condenser VIII take
100000 gallons from The wine yield IL Is noted
tina. tnongh he shipments Of WINE TO New-fork
hav, decreased of late. owing 10 t. overstocksd
market. there has been large increase IN the
ouaniity shipped to New Orleans the California
y Ohuct having become popular with the French
popui aton If the Crescent CITY. Many vineyards
have also been destroyed by hel1 hres which nave
nrevaIied in Sonoma and Napa Valleys during the
last week.
Notwithstanding the perpetual injunction
az list hydrauc mining il is sail beng carried
on extensively in the northern part Of tie Staic
Tie rect, RS of the Ant; Debris Association OF the
Sacramento VALLEY have formally mvliei the Cal
lorna Senators an REPRESENTATIVES III congress 10
vlst Aarysvlle TO Sc for themselves the dcstfuc'
tion cause by the flow OF debris Into the rivers
1 lie association has also induced The SUPERVISOR
of sinlo County to nffer a reward of $500 for each